Total — Amortization expense
Prudential Financial Total — Amortization expense decreased by 2.7% to -$76.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 7.0%, from -$71.00M to -$76.00M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Total — Amortization expense shows a downward trend with a 12.0% CAGR. This is a positive signal — lower values indicate better performance for this metric.
Analysis
How to read this metric
Higher amortization may reflect past heavy investment in acquiring policies or intangible assets, while lower levels may indicate reduced acquisition activity.
Detailed definition
The systematic allocation of the cost of intangible assets or deferred acquisition costs over their estimated useful liv...
Peer comparison
Standard accounting practice for amortizing deferred policy acquisition costs (DAC) across the insurance sector.
pru_segment_total_amortization_expenseHistorical Data
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | -$45.25M | -$45.25M | -$45.25M | -$50.00M | -$50.00M | -$50.00M | -$50.00M | -$50.00M | -$57.00M | -$58.00M | -$61.00M | -$63.00M | -$66.00M | -$66.00M | -$67.00M | -$71.00M | -$69.00M | -$71.00M | -$74.00M | -$76.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.0% | +0.0% | -10.5% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | -14.0% | -1.8% | -5.2% | -3.3% | -4.8% | +0.0% | -1.5% | -6.0% | +2.8% | -2.9% | -4.2% | -2.7% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -10.5% | -10.5% | -10.5% | +0.0% | -14.0% | -16.0% | -22.0% | -26.0% | -15.8% | -13.8% | -9.8% | -12.7% | -4.5% | -7.6% | -10.4% | -7.0% |
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Prudential Financial's total — amortization expense?
- Prudential Financial (PRU) reported total — amortization expense of -$76.00M in Q1 2026.
- How has Prudential Financial's total — amortization expense changed year-over-year?
- Prudential Financial's total — amortization expense decreased by 7.0% year-over-year, from -$71.00M to -$76.00M.
- What is the long-term trend for Prudential Financial's total — amortization expense?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Prudential Financial's total — amortization expense has grown at a 12.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from -$181.00M to -$285.00M.
- What does total — amortization expense mean?
- The periodic expense recognized for the gradual consumption of intangible assets.